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Seattle-based studio responsible for Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2.

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Global Chat: Ranking World of Warcraft’s expansions

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Have you ever tried your hand at ranking all of World of Warcraft's expansions from worst to best? Sure you have, because everyone's done...

One Shots: Dark beauties

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I think that there's a lot of dark beauty to be found in MMORPGs, but hey, when I ask the One Shots community to...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best sound design?

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I've long held the opinion that one of the most underrated elements of effective MMORPGs is a really good sound design. I'm not just...

Guild Wars 2 is plotting a big living world announcement during PAX on August 30

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If you've been keeping a finger on the pulse of the Guild Wars 2 community the last month or so, you know there's been...

The Soapbox: The counterproductiveness of limited-time content in online games

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While thoroughly enjoying playing Astroneer's special event in honor of Apollo 11's moon landing 50th anniversary that's happening now through August 31st, I was...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG zones of all time

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I once heard it said that a popular studio - I think it was Blizzard - made it a point of asking prospective developers...

Guild Wars 2 has officially announced collab for armor-lookalike clothing line

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Earlier this week, we ran a Leaderboard poll about whether you'd wear gaming apparel - not just stuff with logos, but stuff that actually...

Guild Wars 2 announces legendary upgrades and a community event to unlock ’em

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ArenaNet appears to be taking its collaborative community event mechanics to the next level in Guild Wars 2, only this time, instead of boss-rushing...

Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer

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The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...

Guild Wars 2 will resurrect the Festival of the Four Winds once again next week

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ArenaNet announced today that as expected, the Festival of the Four Winds event will return to Guild Wars 2 next week on July 30th....

Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 is the ideal starter MMO

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When I met my wife, she was a console gamer, but she had never played an MMO. She was interested in giving some of...

The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO zones that you absolutely hate to leave?

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Last week, in the comments of Tyler's Soapbox about Lord of the Rings MMOs, a few commenters were discussing LOTRO's version of the Shire...

Leaderboard: Would you wear MMO clothes that look like armor in real life?

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Last week, ArenaNet dropped a bizarre tweet: It's collaborating with an apparel company on Guild Wars 2-themed clothes. And I don't mean t-shirts with...

One Shots: Playing favorites

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Oh sure, we all say that we're impartial and we love all our alts the same... but admit it, there is one race that...

Massively Overthinking: Revisiting sheep and wolves in MMOs

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One of the meta discussions we've been having here on MOP this week has centered on PvP sandbox titles like Albion Online, specifically how...
kaboom

Vague Patch Notes: Datamining, leaks, unforced errors, and messaging

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So now that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been released, basically everyone playing the game has completely forgotten that the expansion actually prompted some...

Desert Oasis: Taking a swing with Black Desert’s Tamer and her bō staff

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When I first started playing Black Desert, it was because I wanted to play a Dark Knight. From her animations, armors, and that sweet...
Noice.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 229: Adventures in Albion Online

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Justin, Samon, and Bree discuss Daybreak, the new LOTR MMO Amazon is co-developing, EVE Online's comms blackout, Caravan Stories, and City of Heroes, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Percival update.

One Shots: How to lose a staring contest

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I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the most from powercreep?

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Last month, an MOP reader named Swifty replied to our Daily Grind about the last MMO he'd quit by calling out EverQuest II -...

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